At this point in human and geological history, dealing with climate chaos is a race: can we move fast enough to prevent civilization-scale collapse? —Bill McKibben Festival Albertine 2019, curated by environmentalist and author Bill McKibben, will take on climate change. For three days, leading thinkers, politicians, activists, artists, and authors will come together to discuss the urgency to act,…
This is a two-day symposium to be jointly held at the Italian Academy and The Frick Collection and Frick Art Reference Library on November 15 and 16. The event will bring together scholars and museum professionals in order to investigate how Italian art helped to formulate competing truths in the long aftermath of the Council of Trent, and how the…
For the past decade or two, world literature has established itself as the dominant paradigm for studying the transnational circulation of literary models and texts. And yet Russian and Soviet literature seem decidedly missing from most of the world literature theoretization. The issue at stake here is not so much another blank spot on the geographical and historical map of…
Czech and Slovak artists, professionals, students and scholars are challenged to introduce the subject of their project, research or studies in a short presentation limited to six minutes. In English. Moderated by Christopher Harwood, PhD, Columbia University Presenters: Kanala Bolvanská ( UN Relief Program assistant/ meditation instructor), Eva Derman, PhD (Jewish history, SHCSJ), Nicole Hubka (student at Marymount Manhattan College…
December 10—11, 2019 Tuesday, December 10 Silver Center for Arts & Science 32 Waverly Place Room 101A and Silverstein Lounge New York, NY 10003 Wednesday, December 11 Kimmel Center 60 Washington Square South Room 905/907 New York, NY 10012 Sponsored by the Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany, New York in collaboration with NYU's Center for European and…
Annual Conference of the Historical Dialogues, Justice, and Memory Network Prevention Activism: Advancing Historical Dialogue In Post-Conflict Settings December 12-14, 2019 Columbia University, New York City Prevention activism—that is, the effort to record, acknowledge, address and redress the violent past— seeks to counter nationalist myths and identities that are central ingredients of ethnic and political violence. Its goal is to…
Please join us for Super-NOS, an evening of exciting literary debate dedicated to the 10th anniversary of the Russian literary prize NOS (Новая словесность/New Prose). This event is part of the Super-NOS Russian Literary Festival, sponsored by the Harriman Institute, Barnard Slavic Department, Columbia Slavic Department, and the Mikhail Prokhorov Charitable Foundation. Please click here to register. The NOS Annual Literature Prize was…
Annual event marking Holocaust Remembrance Day Welcoming remarks: Barbara Faedda Executive Director, Italian Academy, Columbia Speakers: Ioana Literat Assistant Professor of Communication, Media and Learning Technologies Design, Teachers College, Columbia University “Youth political expression in online spaces” Rachel Deblinger (via Skype) Director of the Modern Endangered Archives Program at the UCLA Library; Co-Director of the Digital Jewish Studies Initiative at UC…
Join the Harriman Institute and the Kupferberg Holocaust Center for a two-day conference entitled "The Holocaust in Yugoslavia and the Balkans." Click here to register. PLEASE NOTE: Registration does not guarantee a seat. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first seated basis. PROGRAM THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20 6:30 pm: Screening of documentary film Besa: Rescue in…
Panel discussion with Lucas Hollister, Hannah Freed-Thall, and Morgane Cadieu, moderated by Aubrey Gabel To RSVP, please click here. As ecocriticism has burgeoned in literary studies and throughout the humanities, its presence has been somewhat limited in the field of French and Francophone literature. This panel will open with a discussion of the state of the field of ecocriticism in…